Rock 'n' Roll
What are 4 common instruments used in Rock 'n' Roll?
What are drums, electric bass, electric guitar, and voice?
This guitar part plays the chordal accompaniment.
What is the rhythm guitar?
What instrument is the main feature of a pop ballad?
What is the voice/lead vocal?
The term for unaccompanied voices.
What is a capella?
This effect makes it sound like you're in a big room.
What is reverb?
This chord progression uses the I, IV, and V chord in a given key and is utilized in many rock 'n' roll song.
What is the 12 bar blues?
This term describes playing characterised by exceptional technical skill. You might say that Jimi Hendrix was a ________ guitar player.
What is virtuosic?
Pop ballads usually feature lyrical content that is __________ in nature?
This term describes singing multiple notes per syllable.
What is mellismatic?
This effect is an audio filter, controlled with your foot.
What is a wah wah pedal?
Where did the 12 bar blues originate?
Where is the United States of America?
This guitar part is usually more adventurous, often higher in pitch, and sometimes has the melody.
What is the lead guitar?
What sort of tempo do pop ballads often have?
What is a slow tempo?
This term describes singing one note per syllable.
What is syllabic?
This effect makes it sound like there are a group of instruments playing together, when there is only one.
What is a chorus effect?
These colourful notes are flattened or chromatically altered for dramatic effect.
What are Blue Notes?
What is longer?
Ad. lib means?
What is "as you desire"? What is out of strict time?
This term describes sliding between notes.
What is portamento?
This effect creates precise echos.
What is delay?
Describe the structure of a typical Rock 'n' Roll song. (what are the parts of a typical rock 'n' roll song?)
What is simple structure? Verse, Chorus?
Describe rock anthem vocals.
What is shouty, untrained, belting, powerful, etc.?
The musical term for multiple melodies playing and interweaving at the same time.
The singing of nonsense words to create a melody is called...
What is scatting?
This technology led to the rise of the electric guitar, bass, and microphone.
What is amplification?